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Lyth Hill Heritage Celebration 2005
Grassland walk June 2005
A Year on Lyth Hill
Woodland Ways and Settlement - Part One
Woodland Ways and Settlement - Part Two
Wildlife Detectives on Lyth Hill
Shrewsbury Wildlife Trust
Mary Webb and Spring Cottage, Lyth Hill. 1916-1927
Birds on Lyth Hill
Rock Makes the Lyth Hill Landscape
Lyth Hill Heritage Celebrations 2006
Geology Trail Training Event May 7th 2006
Fungus foray on Lyth Hill October 2005
Groups involved in the Lyth Hill Heritage Group
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Mary Webb and Spring Cottage, Lyth Hill. 1916-1927
Location: Shropshire
Spring Cottage, Lyth Hill is where Mary Webb was at her happiest.
Lyth Hill and the surrounding area is very important to the members of the Mary Webb Society because this is where Mary and Henry Webb bought a rough stretch of field on the top plateau of the hill and, in 1916, building work began on their dream home which was to be called Spring Cottage. It was completed in the Springtime. This was also Mary's favourite time of the year.
Spring Cottage, Lyth Hill is where Mary Webb was at her happiest. Out on the wooded hill for hours, she was watching, listening and writing. She would spend the whole day at one with nature, so quiet and still that birds would alight on her as she sat motionless.
An extract from her poem entitled Colomen explains:-
On arms and shoulders doves alight
Multiple-tinted, like a bright
Tapestry that time has faded.
Softly purple, lilac shaded,
The lady standeth like a tree
Bent down with blossom.......
Mary's novels 'House in Dormer Forest' and 'Seven for a Secret' were also written at Spring Cottage.
The Library on Lythwood Road, Bayston Hill is named after Mary Webb and holds copies of her novels and poems, society leaflets and the Mary Webb society Archives. It also houses a Mary Webb commemorative slate plaque and has a garden at the rear which is dedicated to her.
(Extracts taken from 'The flower of Light' - a biography of Mary Webb by Gladys Mary Coles. Headland 1998)
The Mary Webb Society was established at a public meeting at Meole Brace in 1972.
Its aims are:
To honour the memory of Mary Webb
To further the reading and appreciation of her works
To liaise with other organisations
To foster appreciation of the Mary Webb country
To encourage scholarship and education in the spirit of Mary Webb
Further details can be obtained from the secretary Sue Higginbotham on 0151 327 5843 or e-mail suehigginbotham@yahoo.co.uk
Please visit our website on www.marywebb.vze.com
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